Article dispensing container



Feb. 14, 1950 J. -A.JoHNsoN 2,497,455

ARTICLE DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed May 13, 1947 F771. i P5 yz ZJ BYeeJk/ugf.

Patented Feb. 14, 1950 Y.eirricnn .pisPENsING CONTAINER llerome I Johnson, Chicago, 111., assignerv .to Arv'ey Corporation, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application May 13 1947,vr Serial No. 17.47 ,616

invention. relates to .improvements in varticle dispensing containers, and is `more.. particularly concerned with the provisionfof a container adapted to be filled with articles, such as pills, capsules, candy', etc., and having a pair of dispensing apertures normally disposed out of registry but adapted to rbe brought. into registry to permit the removal of articles from the container. y

This invention further contemplates 'theprom vision of an article :dispensing container adapted to be inexpensively formed from a single blank of flexible material, such'fa's "cardboard, cut'and scored to provide "a plurality of hingedly 'connected outer wall sections and l'aiifiovable inner wall section, 'the movableinner wall section yand one of said outer wall sections being formed with article dispensing apertures.

This invention embodies other novel features, details of construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter set forth in the specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view showing an article dispensi-ng container embodying features of this invention.

Fig. 2 is an end View of same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the movable inner wall of the container in its closed position.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, corresponding to Fig. 3, showing the movable inner wall of the container in its open position.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 5--5 of Fig. 1.

sciame. (ciego-'20) Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the blank from which the improved container in formed.

Referring now to the drawings for a better understanding of this invention, a single blank is cut from a sheet of ilexible material, such as cardboard, and scored on its outer face along the parallel longitudinally extending score lines 8, 9, Il) and Il, and along the parallel transverse scorelines I2, I3, I4, I5, I6 and I1.

When the blank is folded to form a container, the score lines 8 and I3 define a side wall I8 and a hingedly connected end flap I9. The score lines 8, S and I2 define a bottom wall 20 hingedly connected to the side wall I8. The score lines 9, I0 and I4 dene a side wall 2|, hingedly connected to the bottom wall 20, and an end ilap I9 hingedly connected to the side wall 2|. The score lines I0 and define a top wall 22, hingedly connected to the side wall 2|, and a side gluing flap hingedly connected to the outer sideaof the .top .wall 2.2. Score lines |.2 .and l5 define a front end wall 2li hingedly connected to the front end of the bottom wall 2D. .Score lines I5 and I6 define an inner wall 25 hingedly connected to the front end wall '24. Score lines I6 and II define a rear end wall 26., hingedly .connected to the inner wall 25, and an end "gluing flap2l rhingedly connected to the rear end wall 26. Apertures'Zii and`^29 are formed in the top wall 2.2 .and 'inner wall 2i/respectively.

'In folding the blank "to 'form 'a container, the sidewalls "IS 'and 2"| are first folded `downwardly tofpos'iti'ons disposed atrig'h'tiarrgles 'to' the 'bottom wall 2l), 'and theendiaps tI-9 vand |f9' `are 'folded inwardly at right langles t'o their respective side walls "f8 fand f2l. l'Ihe liront l'eI-rd wall L24 is 'then folded down against the outer sides of the end flaps I9 and I9', and the inner wall 25 is folded to a position in spaced parallel relation to the bottoin 26. The top wall 22 is then folded inwardly, rand the side gluing iiap 23 is folded upwardly to engage and be adhesively united to the inner face of the side wall I8 by means of glue applied to either the inner face of the side wall I8 or the outer face of the gluing flap 23.

After a blank has been folded in the manner thus described to form a container, the articles of merchandise, such as pills, are inserted into the container .through the unsealed rear end indicated at 3| in Fig. 3. After the container has been filled with merchandise, the rear end wall 26 is secured in closed lposition by means of the end gluing flap 21 adhesively engaged against the inner side of the bottom wall 20. It will be understood that staples may be employed in place of glue to secure the flaps 23 and/or 21 in assembled position.

After the container has been filled with Inerchandise with the rear end wall 26 secured in closed position, it will be noted, in Figs. 1 and 3, that the apertures 28 and 29 provided in the top wall 22 and inner wall 25, respectively are disposed in offset relation to normally prevent the passage of articles therethrough. To dispense articles from the container, the rear end wall 26 is pivoted inwardly, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4, to move the inner wall in a forward direction and dispose its aperture 29 in alignment with the aperture 28 formed in the top Wall 22. The container is then turned upside down to permit one or more articles to move by gravity through the opening provided by the apertures 28 and 29. If desired, a pull flap 32 may be provided on the front end wall 24, by perforating the end Wall along the line 33, to serve as a handle in moving the inner wall 25 to its open or closed positions.

While this invention has been shown in but hingedly connected to said bottom wall, and an inner wall hingedly connected to the movable upper ends of said end walls for movement relative to said top wall, said top Wall and inner wall having apertures normally disposed out of registry and adapted to be brought into registry by movement of said inner wall relative to said outer Wall responsive to inward pressure exerted manually against one of said send walls.

2. An article dispensing container comprising, a top wall, a bottom wall, side Walls, end walls, said end walls being normally disposed in spaced parallel relation in a plane normal to said top and bottom walls and having their lower ends hingedly connected to said bottom Wall, an inner Wall hingedly connected to the movable upper ends of said end walls for movement relative to said top Wall, said top Wall and inner Wall having apertures normally disposed out of registry and adapted to be brought into registry by movement of said inner wall relative to said outer wall responsive to inward pressure exerted manually against one of said end walls, and end flaps e'xtending inwardly from said side walls to normally engage the inner side of one of said end Walls.

3. An article dispensing container comprising, a top wall, a bottom Wall, side Walls, end Walls. said end Walls being normally disposed in spaced parallel relation in a plane normal to said top and bottom walls and having their lower ends hingedly connected to said bottom wall, and an inner Wall hingedly connected to the movable l upper ends of said end walls for movement relative to said top wall, said top wall and inner wall having apertures normally disposed out of registry and adapted to be brought into registry by movement of said inner wall relative to said outer wall responsive to inward pressure exerted manually against one of said end walls, end flaps extending inwardly from said side walls to normally engage the inner side of one of said end walls,

said end aps being hingedly connected to theirA respective side walls and having their upper edges disposed in spaced relation to said top wall to denne a recess to receive said inner wall.

JEROME A. JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,007,390 Robinson Oct. 31, 1911 1,928,889 Guyer Oct. 3, 1933 2,426,856 Berg Sept. 2, 1947 

